This paper aims to describe and analyse the connection between urbanization processes of and the modernization of Agricultural and Cattle Raising in Minas Gerais - Brazil, during the second half of last decade. Furthermore, we use microregional database and apply multivariate analysis (PCA and...

Este artigo apresenta e analisa o processo de interiorização e criação de novas centralidades urbanas. Baseado nas Regiões de Influência das Cidades definidas pelo IBGE em 1993 e 2007, de projeções populacionais e de impactos regionais dos investimentos do Programa de Aceleração do...

One important question that has been discussed in the literature about regional economics is the relevance of local productive networks (clusters) for the regional development. It is possible to find a huge number of case studies that discuss many aspects of this kind of network: cooperation,...

There are in the literature on both industrial and regional economics many studies on local productive arrangements. Indeed, this kind of industrial/regional organization has become an important piece in the implementation of industrial, regional and technological policies. Accordingly, a...

The aim of this paper is to apply principal components and cluster analysis on a set of technological effort indicators calculated using the Brazilian Innovation Survey (PINTEC). Such indicators are employed in order to consider innovative effort in the broadest possible way. Thus, these...